Land Use Data for Latitude -15.25 Longitude -59.75Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude Locations
Agricultural Land UsesForestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higherForestry - Agro forestry Forestry - Plantations Shrubs - Mod. intensive pastoralism Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial) Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock Sparsely vegetated areas - Mod. intensive pastoralism EcosystemsWarm Tropics sub-humidLivestockCattlePigs Poultry CropsBananasBananas (also in forestry plantations) Cereals and cereal products Coffee Green (also in forestry plantations) Maize Rice Paddy Sugar Cane Sugar crops and sweeteners Growing Period (days)210 to 239Soil TypesAcrisolsFerralsols (Red and yellow tropical soils with a high content of sesquioxides) Plinthosols TerrainPlain or plateauSlopes (degrees)0 to 0.50.5 to 2 2 to 5 5 to 8 8 to 16 16 to 30 30 to 45 Population Density (persons per km2)00 to 2 Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)20 to 30Agricultural use data provided by LADA, 2008. "Mapping Land Use Systems at global and regional scales for Land Degradation Assessment Analysis. Version 1.0" Nachtergaele F. & Petri M. Mineral extraction data provided by USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), downloaded June 2, 2010. |